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In today's world where most superhero
movies are blockbusters, you have to wonder where it all started. Back
in the 1930's Superman was created for Action Comics. Batman soon
followed on his heals. Thirty years later, Marvel comics stormed onto
the scene created great characters like The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man
and The Incredible Hulk.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw
superheroes like you see on the screen? Almost all of these characters
have originally appeared in comic books.
Christopher
Hart, author of multiple books on how to draw just about anything,
has put pen to paper and created a book to show you exactly how to
create your own superhero. Superheroes and Beyond contains eight
chapters that will teach you how to start from the beginning until you
have a fully-developed superhero or supervillian. The following chapters
appear in this book:
- The Superhero Head
- The Superhero Body
- Comic Books Foreshortening & Body
Dynamics
- The Good Guys
- Miscreants, Mutants & Monsters
- Drawing Sexy Gals
- Comic Book Lighting
- Essential Comic Book Elements
Each chapter contains both descriptions
and drawings from beginning to completion that will enable you to draw
just like a comic book artist . . . with a lot of practice, that is. For
instance, the first chapter, the Superhero Head, contains the following
sections:
- The Basic Hero - shows how to draw
both a front view and a profile view
- The Basic Heroine - shows how to
draw both a front view and a profile view
- Understanding the Contours - shows
how to draw a youthful male (teen superhero), savage starship
commander, sci-fi alien queen, and ¾-view with interior shading
- Comic Book Style Features - shows
how to draw eyes, the nose, and the mouth
- Expressions - shows how to draw the
following facial expressions (in three views for each): determined,
furious, scheming, grief stricken, having a pleasant thought,
laughing, brooding, amazed, stunned, fighting mad, sinister smile,
and remorseful
Each chapter is full of these kinds of
details. In the back of the book is a full Index that will help you find
exactly what you are looking for.
Superheroes and Beyond
is a instructional book on how to draw superheroes and more by
Christopher
Hart.
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I grew up reading a lot of
comic books. As a kid, I enjoyed books like Richie Rich, Archie, Casper
the Friendly Ghost, and characters like that. I didn't really read any
superhero comic books. But on television, I loved Saturday morning shows
like the Super Friends, Shazam! and even Batman from the 1960's. It
wasn't until the early 1990's that I really started reading comics like
Superman, Spider-Man, and The Fantastic Four . . . just to name a few. I
fell in love with superhero comics and still love the characters to this
day. But, I cannot draw for beans.
With Superheroes and Beyond,
I know that I could learn a lot following the instructions in this book.
The instructions are easy enough to follow and any child could become
quite a good figure artist using this book as a reference. Of course,
practice makes perfect, so don't expect to draw like Jim Lee, Jack Kirby
or Frank Miller the first time that you try.
Using the book
Superheroes and Beyond is a good start to becoming a really good
artist. It teaches a lot of the basics about the human body that you
will need to know should you really want to draw for a comic book one
day.
So, if you are looking for the perfect book to start you in a
career in the comic book industry, pick up a copy of Superheroes and
Beyond by Christopher Hart. You will have a SMASHing good time
learning how to draw.
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